Frameworks: Narrative Levels and Embedded NarrativeThe structural device of the «story within a story», variously labeled «frame», «Chinese box», «Russian doll», or «embedded» narrative, is so widely found in the literature of all cultures and periods as to approach universality. Despite its durable attraction for writers and audiences throughout history, however, embedded narrative remains a form largely unmapped by literary theory. This study surveys and synthesizes the work done to date on this significant artistic technique and breaks new ground by providing a comprehensive model for the description and analysis of the many types and functions of embedded narrative. |
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... intentions " ( " Narrataire " 180 ; " For a writer , an ideal reader would be one who would under- stand perfectly and would approve entirely the least of his words , the most subtle of his intentions " [ " Narratee " 9 ] ) . The ...
... intentions " ( " Narrataire " 180 ; " For a writer , an ideal reader would be one who would under- stand perfectly and would approve entirely the least of his words , the most subtle of his intentions " [ " Narratee " 9 ] ) . The ...
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... intention was merely my intention and the work is — what it is . ( Collected 14.109 ) This principle would apply to any authorial intentions , not only to those regarding readers but also to the creation of meanings in a work . Such ...
... intention was merely my intention and the work is — what it is . ( Collected 14.109 ) This principle would apply to any authorial intentions , not only to those regarding readers but also to the creation of meanings in a work . Such ...
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... intentions . - Even when a narrator specifically states that it does have an intention in telling its story , it may be quite different from that of the implied author and diverge considerably from the intent per- ceived by the implied ...
... intentions . - Even when a narrator specifically states that it does have an intention in telling its story , it may be quite different from that of the implied author and diverge considerably from the intent per- ceived by the implied ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Historical and Implied Authors and Readers | 9 |
The General Narrator | 45 |
Copyright | |
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